Gary Van Sickle's Mailbag: FedEx Cup, spike marks, and my future as a golfer: Should the FedEx become a major?

Have a question for Gary? E-mail [email protected] or ask it on Facebook . I still think it's a shame that Lee Westwood doesn't play more in America. Wouldn't it have been great to see Westwood, wearing his UPS logo shirt, win the FedEx Cup and have commissioner Tim Finchem hand him the trophy? Maybe next year. Meanwhile, let's check the Van Cynical Mailbag. I saw a fan's criticism of the FedEx playoffs that it's a money grab. You and your colleagues have made similar comments. Of course it's TV programming. We want to see the tournaments, don't we? While the point system may be convoluted, it separates the winners from the losers. Forget the points, can you argue that the final 30 didn't deserve to be at East Lake? The money is absurd, but it's not the money that draws fans to watch tournaments, it's the competition. And it's pretty darn good.  Respectfully, Bill Stroh, Al...